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Lets sex up Canberra!

Apparently Canberra isn’t sexy enough, according to this article. Apparently all the young people are leaving in droves, because we lack the “cultural depth” for those who are “a bit edgy”, “a bit groovy”, or who “want to road test a few relationships.”

Canberra is governed by and will continue to be governed by the old fuddy duddies
I’m not too sure what it was – but i read somewhere about the fact in 2030, 60 percent of the population will be 50, 60 and above years of age.

That means currently – there’s truck loads of youth!!! And there is nothing here!!
The city IS NOT vibrant, Garema place looks like a dogs breakfast.
Theres no incentive to do anything, its a big country town that seems intent on catering to the whims of the ‘art society’ and not anyone who actually wants to enjoy themselves.

Don’t get me wrong – I love Canberra, but really. They need to do something before the city becomes any more sterile. If thats possible.

Canberra is governed by and will continue to be governed by the old fuddy duddies
I’m not too sure what it was – but i read somewhere about the fact in 2030, 60 percent of the population will be 50, 60 and above years of age.

That means currently – there’s truck loads of youth!!! And there is nothing here!!
The city IS NOT vibrant, Garema place looks like a dogs breakfast.
Theres no incentive to do anything, its a big country town that seems intent on catering to the whims of the ‘art society’ and not anyone who actually wants to enjoy themselves.

Don’t get me wrong – I love Canberra, but really. They need to do something before the city becomes any more sterile. If thats possible.

Canberra’s fine. Besides, the only reason people go to so called ‘edgy’ places is to appear cool. Once you have a decent group of friends, the surroundings don’t matter so much.

Couldn’t agree with you more. Home is about community and friends…where ever that may be for any of us. After experiencing Brisbane for the past 16 months…(Trains! Who needs ’em?)…I am near busting to get back to Canberra. Not long now…hoorah!!!

A thread from 2005? When John Howard was PM and we’d never heard about climate change, carbon tax, the GFC, budget deficits, national debt, sovereign risk, and when we had stable government and serious politicians from the two major parties calling the shots both federally and Territory and not the stupid Greens and Independents.

With the crisis in confidence and national paralysis we’re experiencing at the moment, no wonder someone wanted to return to the golden era by digging up this thread.

I like Canberra, lived here for 15 years now, but there is really very little to do.

I have always said: Canberra is a great place to raise kids, be a kid or go to die.

I tend to think that’s the argument of a boring person. There’s a load of stuff to do here but you’ve got to go and find it/do it. If you’re a boring person it’s likely that you’ll be bored wherever you live.

Spot on. Heaps to do in Canberra and the region if you are willing to look for it.

I like Canberra, lived here for 15 years now, but there is really very little to do.

I have always said: Canberra is a great place to raise kids, be a kid or go to die.

I tend to think that’s the argument of a boring person. There’s a load of stuff to do here but you’ve got to go and find it/do it. If you’re a boring person it’s likely that you’ll be bored wherever you live.

3 of those venues don’t exist anymore? And the remaining ones you mentions give the vibe that they are trying too hard to be something they aren’t. I like Canberra, lived here for 15 years now, but there is really very little to do.

I have always said: Canberra is a great place to raise kids, be a kid or go to die.

So, what’s new? The right of passage when leaving school here in the 60’s and 70’s was to leave Canberra to head for more exotic places. I, and most of my mates did, and most of us eventually came back to settle.

So, what’s new? The right of passage when leaving school here in the 60’s and 70’s was to leave Canberra to head for more exotic places. I, and most of my mates did, and most of us eventually came back to settle.

I had probably better not comment. Everyone knows I hate Canberra. And before you pipe up VG, for personal reasons, I CAN’T leave. (IE I don’t hate Canberra as much as I love my daughter, and I can’t take her with me).

So I guess I’ll just shut up….. Fuck it. (NB, it has nothing to do with the “unsexiness” of the place).

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